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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is your kid in 7th grade?  The push to take algebra earlier and earlier is not a good thing.[/quote]

I know a number of kids who struggled this year, and it wasn’t just about the students being pushed in too early. These were kids who were deemed “ready” by all standards — elementary teacher recommendation, 99% IAAT, pass advanced on SOL. These students also pass advanced the algebra SOL this year, worked hard all year, and now won’t earn an A. These are students who clearly know the material by all state standards, what is the actual point of crushing them on the final?  At our school, the only kids I know who sailed through and thought it was easy, were those who already learned the material outside the classroom. That’s a problem. [/quote]

I am the poster that asked about 7th grade.  My kid is in 8th grade at Kilmer and just got a 100 on his honors algebra final.  He was mad that I forbid him from taking algebra last year but so many kids are struggling with algebra in 7th and geometry in 8th.  I hope that with the IAAT no longer being a factor, parents will think long and hard about what to do for their kids math-wise.[/quote]

He might have struggled last year, there is no way of knowing what would have happened. My kid is a 7th grader at Carson who took Algebra 1H. He scores a 96% on the final and an A in the class. He didn't find it hard. He also does math competitions for fun, math is his thing. He had friends who choose, or whose parents choose, to take Math 7H and not Algebra 1H because they are good a tmath but they don't like math. The kids, or the parents or both, didn't see the point to taking the class in 7th grade. I am sure that they will probably find Algebra easy next year. He has friends who took Math 7H who ahve been workign their butts off all year and have strong grades. I have no clue what they got on the final, but they did not find the class easy. [/quote]

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